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	Title		: Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method
	Author(s)	: E. Rescorla
	Filename	: draft-ietf-smime-x942-07.txt
	Pages		: 10
	Date		: 30-Mar-99
	
This document standardizes one particular Diffie-Hellman variant,
   based on the ANSI X9.42 draft, developed by the ANSI X9F1 working
   group. Diffie-Hellman is a key agreement algorithm used by two par-
   ties to agree on a shared secret. An algorithm for converting the
   shared secret into an arbitrary amount of keying material is pro-
   vided. The resulting keying material is used as a symmetric encryp-
   tion key.  The Diffie-Hellman variant described requires the recipi-
   ent to have a certificate, but the originator may have a static key
   pair (with the public key placed in a certificate) or an ephemeral
   key pair.

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